| Frank Howard drove in four runs with a single, triple and homer as the Senators snapped their nine-game losing streak by defeating the Red Sox, 6-1. [The Sporting News] |
Washington Senators 6, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Saturday, September 18, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Red Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 Senators 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 x - 6 10 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Senators AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .248 Maddox cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .220 Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .230 Nelson 3b 4 2 1 0 0 0 .272 Lahoud rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Howard 1b 4 1 3 4 0 1 .279 Smith cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .290 McCraw pr,1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .209 Petrocelli 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .239 Billings c 2 1 0 1 1 0 .237 Cooper 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Burroughs lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .253 Oglivie lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Harrah ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .219 Montgomery c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Unser rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .262 Brett p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Cullen 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .191 Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Gogolewski p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .138 Tatum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Grzenda p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Scott ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 5 1 2 3 Totals 31 6 10 6 4 8 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 3,671 Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Senators 6 DP: Red Sox 1, Senators 2 Errors: Griffin, Cooper Doubles: Burroughs (9), Nelson (8) Triples: Howard (2) Home Runs: Howard (24) Stolen Bases: Griffin (10), Unser (11), Cullen (2) Caught Stealing: Maddox (3), Harrah (7) Sacrifice Flies: Billings (4) GIDP: Montgomery (6), Aparicio (7), Cullen (11) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brett L(0-3) 5 5 4 3 4 4 1 24 4.89 Tatum 2 3 2 2 0 2 0 8 4.27 Curtis 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.18 Totals 8 10 6 5 4 8 1 36 Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gogolewski W(5-5) 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 17 2.75 Grzenda SV(4) 4 1 0 0 2 3 0 15 2.09 Totals 9 5 1 1 2 3 0 32 Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Ron Luciano RED SOX 1ST: Griffin singled to right; Griffin stole second; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Lahoud flied out to left; Smith singled to right [Griffin scored]; Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 0. SENATORS 1ST: Maddox singled to center; Nelson reached on an error by Griffin [Maddox to third, Nelson to second]; Howard singled to right [Maddox scored, Nelson scored (unearned)]; Billings forced Howard (shortstop to second); Burroughs struck out; Harrah singled to right [Billings to second]; Unser struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 2. RED SOX 2ND: Cooper grounded out (second to first); Oglivie singled to left; Montgomery grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Oglivie out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 2. SENATORS 2ND: Cullen walked; On a bunt Gogolewski forced Cullen (pitcher to shortstop); Maddox forced Gogolewski (third to second); Nelson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 2. RED SOX 3RD: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffin singled to center; Aparicio grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Griffin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 2. SENATORS 3RD: Howard homered; Billings walked; Burroughs doubled to center [Billings scored]; Harrah flied out to right [Burroughs to third]; Unser reached on a fielder's choice [Burroughs out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Unser stole second [Unser to third (error by Cooper)]; Cullen walked; Cullen stole second; Gogolewski struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 4. RED SOX 4TH: Lahoud flied out to center; Smith flied out to right; Petrocelli flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 4. SENATORS 4TH: Maddox walked; Nelson flied out to right; Maddox was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 4. RED SOX 5TH: Cooper grounded out (pitcher to third to first); Oglivie flied out to center; Montgomery grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 4. SENATORS 5TH: Billings grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs popped to second; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 4. RED SOX 6TH: GRZENDA REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); GAGLIANO BATTED FOR BRETT; Gagliano flied out to right; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio walked; Lahoud lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 4. SENATORS 6TH: TATUM REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); Unser singled to center; Cullen grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Unser out at second]; Grzenda was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 4. RED SOX 7TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Petrocelli walked; Cooper forced Petrocelli (pitcher to shortstop); Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 4. SENATORS 7TH: Maddox was called out on strikes; Nelson doubled to left; Howard tripled to right [Nelson scored]; MCCRAW RAN FOR HOWARD; Billings hit a sacrifice fly to center [McCraw scored]; Burroughs flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 6. RED SOX 8TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Montgomery flied out to right; SCOTT BATTED FOR TATUM; Scott singled to left; Griffin forced Scott (shortstop to second); Aparicio flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 6. SENATORS 8TH: CURTIS REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); Harrah singled to left; Unser singled to right [Harrah to third]; Harrah was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted) [Unser to second]; Cullen was called out on strikes; Grzenda struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 6. RED SOX 9TH: Lahoud struck out; Smith struck out; Petrocelli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Senators 6.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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